When her class celebrates Valentine's Day, Katie does not get a valentine from anyone.

When Katie outgrows her shoes, she and her friends JoJo and Pedro go to the shoe store with their mothers.

Disappointed that her monster costume does not frighten anyone, Katie Woo still finds a way to have a happy Halloween.

When a snowstorm causes the power to go out Katie and her parents think their Thanksgiving dinner with JoJo and Pedro is ruined, but by being a good neighbor, Katie saves the day.

"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--

Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break out of poverty in Chinatown. She gains admission to a prestigious finishing school through cunning and bribery and soon discovers that getting in was easy: carving a niche among the spoiled heiresses proves more difficult. When the earthquake strikes, Mercy and her classmates are forced to a survivor encampment where her quick-witted leadership rallies them to help in the tragedy's aftermath.

"Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people's fortunes - or misfortunes - in tea leaves. Ever since she can remember, Vanessa has been able to see people's fortunes at the bottoms of their teacups. To avoid blurting out fortunes, she converts to coffee, but somehow the fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the lives of those around her. To add to this plight, her romantic life is so nonexistent that her parents enlist the services of...

Kai-lan and her friends gather together for a day of fun and games and learn the importance of compromise and sharing. In this early reader, Kai-lan has a playdate with her friend, Lulu! But there's a problem. Kai-lan wants to dance and Lulu wants to blow bubbles, and since they're playing apart, they're not having much fun. How will they find a way to play together? They'll do a little bit of what Lulu wants to do, and a little bit of what Kai-lan...

Ming, the daughter of Chinese immigrants in 1930s California, wants to be like other children at school and celebrate Christmas with a tree, but after her father takes her to see a wise old friend, she discovers a better way to honor her heritage.

Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.